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A. w. EASTON CLIP FOR USE WITH FENCES on FQUNTAIN PENS Filed May 19, 1926 Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

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ARTHUR W". EAS'ION, OF BUFFALO, NEW" YORK.

CLIP FOR USE VJITH PENCILS 01ft FOUNTAIN FENS.

Application filed May 19, 1926. Serial No. 110,123.

This invention. relates to improvements in clips for use with pencils or fountain pens for the purpose of holding such articles in a pocket of a vest or coat. More particularly the invention relates to a combination clip and blade and proposes a construction wherein the blade is so combined with the clip that it is normally invisible or at least unnoticeable and may, without disconnection from the clip, be moved to a position for use for any purpose desired, for example, for use as an eraser or letter opener.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement which will be set forth in detail as the description proceeds.

lln the accompanying drawing in which the embodiment of the invention is illus trated:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the clip as applied to a fountain pen;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the clip as applied to a fountain pen.

Figures 3, d and 5 are sectional views on the respective lines 33, 4-t and 55 of Figure l;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the blade which is combined with the clip;

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view showing the blade in course of its adjustment from one position to another.

The clip may be mounted on a pencil or fountain. pen in various ways. In the construction shown in the drawing the clip is carried by the split spring band 1 which encircles the cap of the fountain pen near its outer end. The clip proper consists of an elongated spring member 2 which at one end is formed with an angular shoulder 3 by which the clip is joined to its means of attachment, in this instance the band 1, and at the opposite end is formed with a ballshaped part lwhich under the pressure of the spring 2 engages frictionally with the wall. of the pocket in the well-known manner.

According to the invention the spring 2 is formed between the ball t and the shoulder 3 with a slot 5 and the shoulder is formed with an opening 6. The said slot and opening are provided for cooperation with a blade 7 which normally lies under the spring 2 with its outer end within the opening 3 as shown in Figure 2. The blade 7 is formed at its inner end. with an angular shoulder 8 which extends through and works in the slot 5 and normally engages the inner end of the slot. Beyond the shoulder 8 the blade 5 is formed with a dished projection 9 which conformably engages over the ball i and holds the blade in its retracted position. The shoulder 8 and the projection 9 have a certain measure of resiliency whereby the projection 9 will engage frictionally with the ball 4: and will not become'accidentally displaced, thereby insuring that the blade 7 will normally lie under the spring 2 in a position where its presence will not be noticeable and where it will also aid the function of the ball 4L in securing the fountain pen or similar object in the pocket.

l Vhen it is desired to use the blade the projection 9 may be sprung from engage ment with the ball 4 as shown in Figure 7. This is readily accomplished by a aplying the thumb nail under the outer edge of the projection 9 and springing the same back from engagement with the ball l. At such time the blade may be projected beyond the cap of the fountain pen as shown by broken lines in Figure 2 and in this position it may be used for any purpose desired. In using the blade the same may be held in its outermost position by finger pressure applied against the end of the projection 9; or it may, as shown, be held in its projected position by means of a spring latch 10 which is secured to the outer face of the spring 2 and which may be engaged behind the shoulder 8. The latch 10 may be of any suitable construction, for example, the construction commonly employed in jewelry clasps. When the blade is restored to normal position the projection 9 springs over the rounded wall of the ball land by its own resiliency and the resiliency of the part 8 frictionally engages said wall in the man ner shown and described.

Having fully described my invention, 1 claim:

1. A clip for the purpose described comprising an elongated flat spring having at one end means for its attachment to a fountain pen or the like, said means inchiding a shoulder extending angularly from said spring, and having at its other end an engaging ball, said spring having a longitudinal slot and said shoulder having opening, and a blade arranged under said spring with its outer end lying in said opening, said blade having at its inner end an angular resilient shoulder which projects through said slot and having also a part which projects from said shoulder and conformably engages said ball, said blade being thereby normally held under said spring and upon the disengagement of said part from said ball being movable len'gthwiseof :said spring to project beyond the same.

2. A clip for the purpose described comprising an elongated flat spring having at one end means for its attaclinie'nt'to a fountain pen or the like and at itsother end an engagingball and a blade slidable lengthwise of said spring and'having at its inner'entl a resiliently acting part which 'conformably engages said ball to hold said blade in'a normal position, said blade'uponjthe disengagement of said part from said'ball being movable lengthwise Ofsaids'p'riIigtOproject beyond thesame.

3. A clip for the purpose described comprising an elongated flat spring having at ably engages said ball to 'hold said blade in a normal position wherein it lies under said spring, sald blade upon the'disengageinent of sald' part from sald ball being movable ,length'wise'of'said spring'to project beyond the same.

"In testimony whereof I affix'my slgn'atur'e.

ARTHUR W. EASTON, 

